This workshop was initially presented at the Veterans for Peace national conference on August 25, 2023.

“Leave No One Behind” Workshop will discuss our work with Deported Veterans, the 80 Veterans Repatriated, the Legislation Passed in the House in the 117th Congress and resubmitted in the 118th and how you and your chapter or organization can get involved in our Legislative effort. We will also hear from a panel of three repatriated formally deported veterans and one still in exile, and are honored by MS. Naureen Shah, senior legislative counsel and advisor on immigrant’s rights at the ACLU, based in Washington DC on our panel today to discuss the legislative path forward in 2023 and 2024.

VFP, National Deported Veterans Advocacy Project (DVAP) is a non-profit advocating for deported veterans and Lobby’s Congress to Amend 8 US Code 1101 (a) (22) to make them U. S. Nationals on graduating boot camp. We work side by side with Unified U. S. Deported Veterans (UUSDV) that advocates in the U. S. and in Tijuana BC Mex. from the VFP Chapter 182 Resource and Information Center Office in Tijuana, BC, Mex., providing access to pro-bono legal counsel, case management, and other support services to help veterans rebuild their lives in deportation and obtain their VA Benefits they qualify for in exile. We hope you will join us for this important workshop. Thank you!

​Moderator: Robert Vivar, Jan Ruhman and Willie Hager
Panelists: Jose “Joe” Manuel Rico Villalobos, Jose Luis Cardenas, Laura Meza, Hector Lopez Guillen
Part of the Veterans For Peace 2023 Online Convention

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